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Poor infrastructure bane of north Chennai

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Even as real estate business in south Chennai continues to grow at rapid pace, north Chennai has failed to attract investment from developers owing to poor infrastructure and under-development.

Several developers participating in the Expanding Metropolis, a three-day mega property fair at YMCA ground, Royapettah, opined that lack of development and poor connectivity of north Chennai was the major reason for property developers not preferring to invest there.

“We had developed a property in north Chennai 15 years ago. Because of deficient demand the property is still lying unsold,” said M V Subramanian, sales manager with VGP group of companies, a city-based developer.

According to him, there were barely any developers interested in buying property in north Chennai as there was a huge demand for properties in south Chennai.

Besides, with a majority of north Chennai population being blue collar and in absence of any IT Park, unlike in south Chennai, even the government has paid least attention to the development of the area, he added.

He further said that despite land price being so low, people were not ready to invest in north Chennai as they believed that there was little chance of land price appreciation.

Similarly, many other developers did not find investment in the surrounding areas of north Chennai like Perambur, Tondiarpet and Vyasarpadi.

 

 

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Real estate moving out of the city limit

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

With areas surrounding Chennai witnessing a spate of mega business and infrastructure projects, investing there makes good business sense for the real estate sector.

Several developers participating in the Expanding Metropolis, a three-day mega property fair at YMCA ground, Royapettah, opined that with skyrocketing land prices in the city, real estate was moving out of the city to areas adjoining projects developed by government agencies like SIPCOT and SIDCO.

“Developers always keep an eye on mega projects, whether promoted by government or private parties, to buy property adjoining them at low rates,” said Naren Kumbhat promoter of Assets, a city-based developer. His company has bought 75 acres near a SIPCOT project in Tindivanam in Villuppuram district, which would be developed in four phases.

“Most of the customers who approach us with an interest to invest in land prefer to buy plots in areas with prospect of government intervention in infrastructure development, which would raise the land value,” he added.

For, such projects attract huge investments in infrastructure by the government to support the industries planning to set up their units. “When the government spends on infrastructure, the land price appreciates by at least two times because of better connectivity,” said the spokesperson of High Value Property, another participant at the Expanding Metropolis. His company was promoting sites at Sunguvarchatram near Sriperumbudur and Oragadam, which is close to the proposed Greenfield international airport in Sriperumbudur.

 

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